Coin-delivery mechanism.



R. HASBROOK. 00m DELIVERY MECHANISM. APPLICATloN 'rlltn APR. 22. I916.

Patented Oct.10,1916.

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ROY HASBROOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASS

IGNOR T CORPGRATION OF. NEW YORK.

COIN DELIVERY MECHANISDE.

Application filed April 22, 1916.

Z '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Roy HASBROOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Delivery Mechanisms, of which the following is a complete, clear, and exact description.

y invention relates to coin delivery mechanisms of the general type disclosed in my Patent No. 1,184,450, dated May 23, 1916, and used for facilitating the transfer of one or more coins, usually change from one person to another. I

My device may be used to advantage in ticket offices, hotels, restaurants, stores, post offices and in practically all relations where it is desirable for an oflicer or employee to quickly and safely transfer to a patron or customer a small payment in coin.

My invention contemplates facilitating the removal and replacement of certain parts of the delivery mechanism, by mounting the same upon a removable frame mem-.

ber.

My invention further comprehends various improvements in the structure of the delivery mechanism for increasing the efliciency thereof.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which like letters indicate like parts in all of the views.

Figure l is a perspective of one form of my coin delivery mechanism. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary section through the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section through another form of my coin delivery mechanism. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the form of my device shown in Fig. 4.

A base 6, which in this instance is square, is provided with a circular portion 7 having a depression 8. Extending upwardly from the circular portion 2 are a pair of supporting rods 9, made of metal. A ring 10 is supported by these rods, and is secured thereto by screws 11 as shown more particularly in Fig. 2.

A funnel 12, having the general form of a cone frustum, is provided with a substantially cylindrical portion 13 extending downwardly from it. The funnel is also provided with annular portions 14, 15 which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1916. Serial N 0. 92,837.

engage and partly overlap the ring 10, to which they are firmly secured. Acylinder 16 encircles the cylindrical member 13, relatively to which it has a slidable or telescopic connection. The cylinder 16 is providedat its lower edge with an annular head 17 and is further provided with a pair of ears 18, these ears being struck up or partly severed, and therefore integral with the cylinder 16. Pivotally connected to these ears 18 are a pair of operating bars 19 each made in this instance of sheet metal, as indicated in Fig. 2. These operating bars 19 are at their upper ends pivotally connected with arms 20, and by means of rivets 20 secured to a pair of doors 21. Each door 21 is provided with a raised portion 22, integral with it and having a substantially semicircular form as indicated in Fig. 3.

Each door 21 is mounted upon a pivot pin 23, which is supported by a pa 1 of eyes 24, these eyes being integral with a disk 25. This disk is provided with a flange 26 integral with it and extending upwardly from it, and so arranged as to fit neatly within the annular member 14 of the funnel. The disk is not secured rigidly in position and may be readily removed from the funnel if the rods 19 be disconnected from the ears 18, and other parts he removed. The disk, with the mechanism which it carries, is thus removable and replaceable at the will of the operator.

coin tray is shown at 27 and may be made of glass, porcelain, crockery-ware or any similar material as desired. It has in this instance a lining 28 of sheet metal, bounding its lower surface. The coin tray has a general frusto-conical form, and at its lower or smaller end it is open.

The raised portions 20 of the doors eX- tend slightly into the lower or open end of the coin tray, when the doors occupy their normal positions as indicated in Fig. 2. This insures a neat fit as between the doors and the adjacent portion of th coin tray, and also tends to prevent the lodgment of a thin coin between either door and the coin tray.

Each door is associated with a spiral spring 29, having two straight end portions 30, 31, so arranged that the end portion 30 engages the under side of the door and presses the door upwardly, and the end pornesnaoor: PATENTS co, INC., A

these arms are a tion 31 engages the under side of the disk 25. Each arm 19 clears the adjacent spring 29, and for this purpose is bent slightly, as shown in Fig. 2.

In the form shown in Figs. L and 5 some of the parts are arranged differently than in the form shown in the other figures. The disk appears at 32, and is provided with an upwardly extending annular flange 33 and with a central opening 34:. The disk is also provided with four ears 35, made integral with it and struck or bent from it so as toserve as bearings. Extending through these bearings are two pivot pins 36. The doors are shown at 37 and are pivoted with raised portions 38 each of semicircular form, these raised portions having the structure and action above described with reference to the raised portions 28 of the doors 20. The doors are each provided with a pair of ears 39 curled to form bearings, and encircling the adjacent pivot pin 36. Each pivot pin 36 carries a lever &0 and a spring 41, which is wound partly upon one side and partly upon the other side of the lever, the two windings being connected by a loop 42-1. The spring &1 is provided. with a pair of straight end portions 43, which bear against the under side of the disk. The doors are not secured to the levers 40,but are loose relatively thereto, and when the levers l0 are rocked by the upward movement of the bars 19, the doors drop angnlarly downward, following the travel of the levers 40. The rocking movement of the levers 40, due to the upward movement of the bars 19, increases the tension of the springs, and when the rods 19 are again moved downwardly or allowed to resume their normal positions, the levers are likewise restored to normal position. They then lift the doors back to normal position,

pressing upwardly against the open end of the coin tray.

From the foregoing description, the operation of my device will be readily understood. Coins being placed in the coin tray by one person, another person places his hand under the cylinder 16 and lifts this cylinder upwardly. The movement being transmitted from the cylinder through various parts to the doors, the doors swing downwardly and discharge the coins into the hand of the person last mentioned.

I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown, as variations may be made five cents therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim l. A device of the character described, comprising a casing, a supporting member provided with an opening and detachably housed within said casing so as to be readily removed therefrom and easily replaced, a door journaled to said supporting member and normally in part obstructing said opening, a coin tray connected with said casing and provided with an opening which normally in part is obstructed by said door, a pair of cylindrical members disposed adjacent said supporting members and fitted telescopically together, one of said cylindrical members being fixed and the other movable, and connections from the movable cylindrical member to said door for enabling movements of said movable cylindrical member to cause said door to swing.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a coin tray provided with an opening, a hollow guiding member disposed adjacent said coin tray in order to receive coins discharged through said opening, a-

disk mounted within said hollow guiding member and separate therefrom, said disk having an opening in registry with said first mentioned opening, a door journaled upon said disk and provided with a raised portion for normally extending into said opening in order to make a neat fit between said door and said coin tray, means for normally holding said door against the under side of said coin tray in order to support the weight of coins therein, and means controllable at the will of the operator for causing said door to swing away from said coin tray in order to discharge said coins.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a funnel, a disk disposed within said funnel and removable therefrom, said disk having an opening, a door journaled adjacent said opening and movable relatively to said disk for the purpose of partially closing said opening, means controllable at the will of the operator for actuating said door, and a coin tray mounted upon said funnel, said coin tray having a substantially frusto-conical form and extending toward said disk, said coin tray having an opening in registry with said opening in said disk.

ROY HASBROOK.

each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatenta.

Washington, D. G. 

